Garden Party {birthday cake}

A fun garden themed birthday cake for the gardener in your life.

a raised garden bed with crushed oreo "dirt", fondant vegetables, and garden posts

close up: fondant lettuce made using mini rose petal cutters and tulip vainer, then dusted for depth

close up: fondant carrot tops

close up: fondant tomatoes with royal icing vines

The cake was surronded with wooden slats to give the look of a raised garden bed

The sweetest garden ever

 photos are property of Sweet Cakes by Rebecca

White and Gold Vintage Elegance {Wedding Cake}

White, gold and elegant. This wedding cake was created for Nichole and Josh for their 2011 wedding at Catta Verdera. The cake has a touch of vintage victorian elegance with some fun whimsical pops of color and non-tradional cake construction. We used a lace stencil, pinched the edge of some tiers and added some molded elements to give the vintage feel. Their florist Blooms by Martha Andrews added the perfect floral accents that made the colors pop and add just the right amount of whimsy. We constructed the cake with a variety of shapes and tier heights to give it a unique look and feel. I love the overall finished look of the cake, the white and gold is classic, the different decorating techniques we applied and the fun floral pops of colors and textures.  

White and gold vintage elegance wedding cake

close-up: love the floral accents, they added a whimsical look especially with the monkey tails in the topper

close-up: love this pics that really shows the lace stencil detail, the pinched edge hand painted gold and the individual gold molded feather trim.

fun angle: this shot really shows off the shape of the petal tier, the floral topper, and the gold feather trim on the bottom tier

Nichole and Josh, all smiles, cutting into their masterpiece.

For more pictures of Nichole and Josh's wedding, her beautiful dress, amazing florals check out

The Goodness's blog feature  or Real Wedding's feature

Thank you:

photos: The Goodness Photo & Design

florals: Blooms by Martha Andrews

Seeing Spots and Polka Dots {styled shoot}

When our friend Beth at True Love Photo asked us to create a cake that had polka dots both on the outside and the inside... we responded "challenge accepted!!". After countless tasty trials we did it, and not once but twice.
We create a bold yellow cake with evenly space blue polka dots and a second one with bright red polka dots. The cakes were then decorated with a matching polka dot pattern.

Yellow and Blue Polka Dot Cake!! 

photo: True Love Photo

Wanna a piece 

photo: True Love Photo

And a yummy slice of the yellow and red polka dot cake

photo: True Love Photo

photo: True Love Photo

 Now a couple of in process pics of how the magic was created:

(sorry for the pics, they were taken from my iPhone and for some reason unknow to me they uploaded upside down)

a cookie scoop was used to make space for the polka dots

after the dots were added a layer of matching color buttercream was added

The second layer of polka dots added to the cake.

 

A huge THANK YOU to:

photos: True Love Photo

Models: Cast Images

Stylist: Poppy

Hair and make-up: I Make Beautiful

Paperie: Honey Paperie

I Love the 80's - cake!

The best part of making this cake was our teams brainstorming session. It was so fun to remember the haircuts (flock of seagulls), the sayings (grody to the max), and the neon colors that were everywhere from sunglasses to paint splattered bandanas. All of us had a different approach to the cake so the list of possible items to include on the cake became very long. Some of the things that didn't make it on the cake were risky business sunglasses, snorks, Howard Jones, Beat Street, any of John Hughes movies, and hacky sacks. But this cake is an homage to all of those who are proud to say they cuffed their acid washed jeans, remember when MTV played music videos, and looked at life through slits in their sunglasses.

Yes that is a rubics cube (made from rice cereal treats) and pictures of Cyndi Lauper and Gem; I used to love watching Gem and always wanted to have wild pink hair! We also created a classic NES controller, the Thundercats logo, edible images of Miami Vice, The Goonies and Run DMC. The cake was just as fun to make as it is to look at and think " OMG! I remember ..."

Wonderland Wedding

When people think of Alice in Wonderland images of the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit or Alice come to mind. For me I picture the Queen of Hearts and painting the roses red. I drew upon those ideas when I sketched out the Queen of Hearts wedding cake. The black diamonds and red heart accents remind me of the cards and the red roses, well of course they had to be incorporated in the cake. I topped the cake with amazing Swarovski crystal initials and a whimsical heart, all made by http://www.verydifferentcakes.com/

After bringing my vision to reality I began to look for photos to build a collage to show my ideas of a wonderland wedding fit for a queen.

I came across these amazing fashion collages on Polyvore. I think while they are not wedding images they represent the style I was thinking of when I created the cake.

Take Me To Wonderland ! by • Gabby;; featuring Ray

055 by • Gabby;; on Polyvore.com

I have also created the following collage to show how this style can be applied when planning a wedding, such as table cards, shoes, gowns, save the dates, venue decor, and florals.

Here are just a few more images of the cake while on display at the Bridal Showcase.

Rock the Kasbah - 22nd birthday cake

We created this cake for a 22nd birthday party being held at the Kasbah lounge in Sacramento. We covered the cakes in a rich jewel tones and then piped a henna inspired design in gold. We added her name on the cake and then piped a scroll pattern on it and her age. The whole cake was pearlized and added hanging jewels to give it more sparkle.

back side of the cake.

Lady Bug baby shower cake

I took my inspirartion for this cake from a recent trip to disneyland. I am a huge fan of the Alice in Wonderland ride. The leaves have a similar look to the large oversized leaves of the exterior of the ride. Also the layered look of the flowers is my fun way of ceating fun and whimsical looking flowers. The lady bugs were the request of the expectant mother and the rest she left to my imagination. The topsy turvy tiers and the fun flowers are my strengths in cake decorating. When given creative freedom my cakes will have a whimsical look.

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